Giant's Causeway Columns Formed From Lava Flow
The Giant's Causeway on Ireland’s Atlantic coast features about 40 closely fitting hexagonal and pentagonal basalt columns. Notable groups include the Giant's Loor and Giant's Organ, with the Giant's Amplitheater rising to about BOQ feet high. Legend ties the formation to Fingal who bridged Ireland and Scotland for giants to pass, while farther east lies Pleaskin Heal promontory and the Armada wreck site.
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Theorth
County Aniria
Ireland
Tive
Vortrust
Alste
Spanish Bay
Pleaskin Heal
Flom M'Coul
Fingal
Scotland
Antrim
Perfection of Canning Resulted From Two Wars
The article notes that canning advanced due to two wars, Napoleonic and American Civil, with Nicholas Appert winning 12,000 francs in 1802 for preserving foods by heat and airtight sealing. It traces canning’s rise from impulse of war needs and navy supply to widespread Civil War use, shaping modern kitchen methods.
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Las
New York Herald-Tribune
Nicholas Appert
Europe
Mason and Dixon Line Boundary and Civil War Context
The Mason and Dixon line marked the 36 degree 20 minute parallel as the Pennsylvania Maryland boundary surveyed by Mason and Dixon from 1708 to 1767. It later symbolized the divide between free and slave states, guiding sectional separation through the Civil War era and into national memory. The phrase Mason and Dixon's Line entered common use to separate the North from the South.
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Maron
Dixon
Mason and Dixon
Pennsylvania
Marylund
Charles Mason
Soremigh Dipp
Fenn
Baltimore
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Masor Ang Dlron's Inc
Uanapolis News
Condor Reproduction Slow Despite Size
The condor lays a single egg and the chick stays in the nest for a year or more while being fed by parents. Wings mature slowly and the bird rarely lays again for about two years. Mating ends if one parent dies or a predator destroys the nest, jeopardizing future offspring.
Pardons Season in Brittany Attracts Pilgrims and Festivities
In Brittany the pardons season draws thousands of pilgrims to shrine festivals from the summer through early autumn. People adorn themselves in longstanding costumes, attend prayers before the rites, and participate in feasts at holy wells. The big day features a procession followed by celebrations and dancing as the day shifts from sacred to festive activities.
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Brittany
Two Coral Snakes Named and Distinguished by Color
The article states there are two coral snake species, the Southeast lurlegum and the Sonoran coral snake in Arizona. It notes color patterns of red, yellow, black and white rings, with distinguishing features: the genus lurlegum has single yellow rings bordered by pairs of black, while the other has two black rings separated by yellow.
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Harm Teadperles
Masks and Costumes Mark Strange Michoacan Dance
The dance of Toe Viejitns in Michoacan province features six elder performers with rheumatic movements. A small guitar and intricate routines mark a lively succession of steps and interludes. Elaborate costumes shaped from clay, maguey fibers, and red embroidery showcase native origin, with hats, canes, and ornate textiles completing the ensemble.
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Michoacan
Bulivizty
Jatar Tully
Southe
Yalama Monks Face Final Death Of Their Order
A New York Times writer notes Yalama Monks on Valama Island near Lake Ladoga uphold Russian Greek Orthodox ritual yet lack successors. The order’s wealth and ascetic life contrast with looming decline as no novice may join, meaning the death of the monastery with the death of its last member.
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Russia
Valama
Lake Ladoga
Finland
New York Times
Weather wisdom myths meet modern science
The article notes long held sailors signs and proverbs such as wool pack clouds, red sky at night, yellow dawn, and rain before seven. It contrasts these folk portents with meteorologists who say such signs offer no reliable forecast and that a bad day after a lunar halo is mere coincidence.
Jefferson on rights and the danger of confidence in leaders
Thomas Jefferson warns against placing blind confidence in political leaders. He argues free government rests on jealousy of power, not confidence, and that constitutions should bound those in power to protect rights.
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Thomas Jefferson
First Success Tron Ironworks Enterprise in Lynn Mass
The first successful iron enterprise in America was The Company of Undertakers for the Ironworks at Lynn Massachusetts led by Thomas Dexter and Robert Bridges. Early furnaces were crude and settlers quickly built more crude forges as bog ore supplies grew along the Atlantic coast and into the Middle West.
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America
Thomas Dexter
Robert Bridges
Lynn
Mass
Ich
Atlantic
Middle West
Tardy Recognition of Denmark's Hamlet Play History
The Royal Theater of Copenhagen premiered many Ibsen works but not Denmark's most famous play Hamlet. Three years after its writing, Hamlet saw Mronbarg Castle where King Hamlet's ghost appeared.
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Royal Theater of Copenhagen
Ibsen
Denmark
Hamlet
Mrronbarg Castle
Nectar Harvesting and Bee Food Facts
The text explains that nectar, not honey, is sought by bees and describes nectar as the bee modified liquid. It notes that bees evaporate and modify nectar to produce honey and estimates the amount of nectar needed to produce a pound of honey, highlighting process details in a didactic tone.
Doings At School and Upcoming Jan. 18 League Opener
A school note details a practice game before the first league contest with Orderville on January 18. It praises growing pep, urges support and sportsmanship, and mentions students including Helen Adams Louisa Mitchell Kenneth Josipr Jay Walker Albert Dalley, Verda David and Ivy Ward marking January 6th events and ages.
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Herve
Orderville
Beary
Meaer
Helen Adams
Louisa Mitchell
Albert Dalley
Verda David
Ivy Ward
Mark Jackson passes at age eighty four
Mark Jackson died at eighty four. A long life in Pangwiteh ard and Parowan Utah traced through work as a skilled craftsman and hunter. He leaves wife Eliza Emma and children Tertha WU Clarke Virginia Aliee Witcock Thomas Hobson Hubert Hardy Eliza Hobson Mortensen Hessie May Wilcock, 19 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
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Arizona
Salt Lake City
Pangulteh
Garfield
John TL Gurr
Pareowan
Gurr
Eliza Emma
Tertha WU. Clarke
American Fork
Virginia
Aliee Witcock
Thomas Hobson
Hubert Hardy
Eliza Hobson Mortensen
Hessie May Wilcock
Parowan
Utah
Pangwiteh Ard
Patowan
Mig
Woma
Settlers of Parowan and County News Highlights
An issue from January 5 1916 notes the regular county commissioners meeting led by W Lunt TL Gilleth and Wina Evans with county attorney John I Fife present. December snow totals 20 inches with 1.76 inches water, yearly precipitation 21.90 inches versus 21.75 average. The coldest day was the 30th morning. James Mierton advertised land for sale in Westford with water rights. Brown finishes Robb's house and comments on a new baby. The Coop employs 12 moving stock to a new building. Dr J W Bergstrom holidaying in Parowan with his wife, while son attends Utah University. Wm H Lyman and S J Ward depart January 10 to serve as federal jurors.
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Parowan
W. Lunt
TL. Gilleth
Wina Evans
John I. Fife
James Mierton
Westford
Bott Mitchell
Paragonah
John
Brown
Coll Robb
Coop
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Jay Walker
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Mark Jackson
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Hmne
Bank of Southern Utah
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